Cross-site scripting in Apple iOS - CVE-2018-4377
Published: October 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15663
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4377
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks
Affected software
Apple iOS
watchOS
iCloud for Windows
Apple Safari
iTunes
watchOS
iCloud for Windows
Apple Safari
iTunes
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4377
Update to version 12.1.
Apple iOS - update to 12.1 16B92
watchOS - update to 5.1
iCloud for Windows - update to 7.8
Apple Safari - update to 12.0.1
iTunes - update to 12.9.1
watchOS - update to 5.1
iCloud for Windows - update to 7.8
Apple Safari - update to 12.0.1
iTunes - update to 12.9.1